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Complete Jewish Bible

2 Chronicles 3:13

The wings of these k'ruvim spread out over thirty-five feet. They stood on their feet with their faces turned inward.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cherubim;   Temple;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Ezekiel, Theology of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Temple;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cherub, Cherubim;   Nave;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Azariah;   Chronicles, I;   Solomon;   Temple;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Cherub;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cherubim (1);   Holy of Holies;   Temple;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cherub;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced the larger room.
Hebrew Names Version
The wings of these Keruvim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
King James Version
The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
English Standard Version
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.
New Century Version
Together, the creatures' wings were thirty feet across. The creatures stood on their feet, facing the main room.
New English Translation
The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood upright, facing inward.
Amplified Bible
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. The cherubim stood on their feet, their faces toward the Holy Place (the main room).
New American Standard Bible
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room.
World English Bible
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The wings of these Cherubims were spread abroade twentie cubites: they stoode on their feete, and their faces were toward the house.
Legacy Standard Bible
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room.
Berean Standard Bible
So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.
Darby Translation
The wings of these cherubim spread forth were twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Easy-to-Read Version
So the wings of the two Cherub angels together reached across the room—a total of 20 cubits. The Cherub angels stood facing the Holy Place.
George Lamsa Translation
The wings of these cherubim were spread forth twenty cubits; they stood on their feet and their faces were inward.
Lexham English Bible
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they were standing on their feet, their faces toward the house.
Literal Translation
The wings of these cherubs spread out twenty cubits, and they were standing on their feet, and their faces were inward.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so that these wynges of the Cherubins were spred out twentye cubites wyde. And they stode vpo their fete, and their face was turned to the house warde.
American Standard Version
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Bible in Basic English
Their outstretched wings were twenty cubits across; they were placed upright on their feet, facing the inner part of the house.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So that the wynges of the sayde Cherubs were stretched out twentie cubites: and they stoode on their feete, and loked inwardes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
King James Version (1611)
The wings of these Cherubims spread themselues forth twentie cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
English Revised Version
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the wyngis of euer eithir cherub weren spred abrood, and weren holdun forth bi twenti cubitis; sotheli thilke cherubyns stoden on the feet reisid, and her faces weren turned to the outermere hows.
Update Bible Version
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.
Webster's Bible Translation
The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces [were] inward.
New King James Version
The wings of these cherubim spanned twenty cubits overall. They stood on their feet, and they faced inward.
New Living Translation
So the wingspan of the two cherubim side by side was 30 feet. They stood on their feet and faced out toward the main room of the Temple.
New Life Bible
The wings of these cherubim spread as far as ten long steps. And they stood on their feet with their faces toward the holy place.
New Revised Standard
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits; the cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
the wings of these cherubim, outspread, were twenty cubits, - and, they themselves, were standing upon their feet, and, their faces, were inward.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without.
Revised Standard Version
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits; the cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave.
Young's Literal Translation
The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces [are] inward.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room.

Contextual Overview

10 Inside the Especially Holy Place he made two k'ruvim of cast metal, and they overlaid them with gold. 11 The wings of the k'ruvim were thirty-five feet long — the wing of the one keruv was eight-and-three-quarters feet long and touched the wall of the house; the other wing was also eight-and-three-quarters feet long, so that it touched the wing of the other keruv. 12 The wing of the other keruv was eight-and-three-quarters feet long, touching the wall of the house; and the other wing was also eight-and-three-quarters feet long, touching the wing of the first keruv. 13 The wings of these k'ruvim spread out over thirty-five feet. They stood on their feet with their faces turned inward. 14 He made the curtain of blue, purple and crimson material and of fine linen, with a design of k'ruvim worked into it. 15 In front of the house he made two columns sixty-one-and-a-quarter feet high, with a capital of eight-and-three-quarters feet on top of each. 16 He made chains in the sanctuary and added them to the tops of the columns, and he made a hundred pomegranates and attached them to the chains. 17 He erected the columns in front of the temple, one on the right and the other on the left; the one on the right he called Yakhin, and the one on the left he called Bo‘az.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

inward: or, toward the house, Exodus 25:20

Reciprocal: Psalms 97:7 - worship

Cross-References

Genesis 3:4
The serpent said to the woman, "It is not true that you will surely die;
Genesis 3:6
When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it had a pleasing appearance and that the tree was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her; and he ate.
Genesis 3:9
Adonai , God, called to the man, "Where are you?"
Genesis 3:10
He answered, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself."
Genesis 3:12
The man replied, "The woman you gave to be with me — she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate."
Genesis 44:15
(S: Maftir) Yosef said to them, "How could you do such a thing? Don't you know that a man such as myself can learn the truth by divination?"
1 Samuel 13:11
Sh'mu'el said, "What have you done?" Sha'ul answered, "I saw that the army was drifting away from me, that you hadn't come during the time appointed and that the P'lishtim had assembled at Mikhmas.
2 Samuel 3:24
Yo'av went to the king and said, "What have you done? Here, Avner came to you, and you sent him away, and now he's gone! Why?
John 18:35
Pilate replied, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and head cohanim have handed you over to me; what have you done?"
1 Timothy 2:14
Also it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who, on being deceived, became involved in the transgression.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Their faces were inward - literally, as in the margin. Instead of looking toward one another, with heads bent downward over the mercy Seat, like the cherubim of Moses Exodus 37:9, these of Solomon looked out from the sanctuary into the great chamber (“the house”). The cherubim thus stood upright on either side of the ark, like two sentinels guarding it.


 
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